Wearing the Bremont MB-1 is a badge of honor. It signifies that you’ve been ejected from a moving aircraft in a Martin-Baker ejection seat -- and lived. Only those people are given an opportunity to purchase this watch. The rest of you can enjoy the MB-2, which is just a tad bit different in style, but is otherwise just like the watch known for being put through g-force torture -- and living to tell the time perfectly. This battery includes ejection seat tests of up to 30 g. Bremont and Martin Baker tout these timepieces as the “ultimate aviation watches.”

If you own an MB-1, your watch is engraved with the serial number of the Martin-Baker ejection seat that saved your life. Otherwise, you can be assured that your MB-2 is one of the few watches that would likely survive such duty -- but can it survive your lifestyle? The case and dial design are very “instrumental,” with elements on the dial being stripped from aviation safety and instrument panel equipment.

The union of these two companies collaborating on the watch models is obvious as both are in the rugged equipment field, and both in the UK. The watch movement, however, is Swiss, with Bremont tagging the base ETA 2836 COSC Chronometer certified automatic mechanical movement as its caliber BE-36A. The watch itself is 43mm wide, a perfect size for the serious-looking watch. Also, on the watch is an internal rotating 60-minute bezel complication that is usually only found on certain dive watches.

No other watch has been tested so rigorously for hardcore aviation use (and survival). The watch case uses Bremont’s special Trip-Tick construction. Inside is an iron faraday cage, and the rest of the case is made of a titanium middle section (which can be done in various colors) with a hardened steel top and bottom pieces, along with a thick sapphire crystal (which is specially coated with many layers of antireflective material). The combination of these and other pieces and materials make the Bremont Martin Baker watches extremely shock and g-force resistant, as well as immune from powerful magnetic fields that can disrupt or stop the movement.

Plus, the special AR application on the sapphire crystal is meant to make seeing into the dial as clear as possible -- which itself enjoys high contrasting colors and loads of SuperLumiNova for night viewing. Coming with a NATO or leather strap, the Bremont Martin Baker MB-1 or MB-2 really are the ultimate in durable aviation watches that money can buy.